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He then approached an employee and demanded money from the cash register, but the clerk refused, he said.

Butler then ran from the store and fled the property in a white Ford pickup truck, which troopers saw shortly after in the area of 17th and Spruce streets in Wilmington, Hale said. He was taken into police custody after a short struggle, he added.

Pat’s Pizza at about 10:46 a.m. Dec. 5 in the 3000 block of Lancaster Pike near Elsmere

Wawa at about 2:12 a.m. Dec. 6 in the first block of Salem Church Road in Ogletown

Exxon at about 1:07 a.m. Friday in the 2000 block of Newport Gap Pike in Prices Corner

7-Eleven at about 5:45 a.m. Friday in the first block of Red Mill Road in Ogletown

Work N Gear at about 2:34 p.m. Friday in the 3000 block of Kirkwood Highway in Milltown

Pickle & Chips at about 5:28 p.m. Friday in the 1000 block of Foulk Road in Brandywine Hundred

Fairfax Cleaners at about 5:38 p.m. in the first block of Fairfax Boulevard in Fairfax

Butler was charged with seven counts of robbery, two counts of attempted robbery, resisting arrest and robbery. Lacking $456,000 secured bail, he was committed to Young Correctional Institution in Wilmington.

Contact Brittany Horn at (302) 324-2771 or bhorn@delawareonline.com. Follow her on Twitter at @brittanyhorn.